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dumb terminal

n. A terminal which is one step above a glass tty,
having a minimally-addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or
other features which are claimed by a smart terminal. Once upon a
time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were
something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for
a smart terminal.